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Thai film 'Apatti' entered for an Oscar
Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/09/2016
» The Buddhist-themed horror film "Apatti" has been submitted as Thailand's entry for Best Foreign Language Film at next year's Oscars, the committee of the Federation of Thai Film Associations has announced.
Malaysia reports first Zika case
Published on 02/09/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia reported its first suspected case of Zika on Thursday, a 58-year-old woman believed to have contracted it in neighbouring Singapore where more than 100 cases, including a pregnant woman, have been reported.
'Killing Fields' chronicler dies
Published on 09/07/2016
» Sydney Schanberg, the correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize for covering Cambodia’s fall to the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and helped inspire the film The Killing Fields, has died at the age of 82, the New York Times reported.
Thai film director to cast Oscar votes
Online Reporters, Published on 30/06/2016
» Apichatpong Weerasethakul, director of the movie "Uncle Boonmee" that won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010, is the first Thai to be invited to sit on the famed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
Indonesia threatens to ban DiCaprio
Published on 02/04/2016
» JAKARTA — An Indonesian immigration official says Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio may banned from returning to Indonesia after he said palm oil plantations were destroying the country's rainforests.
Japan deports dolphin advocate
Published on 05/02/2016
» TOKYO — The star of an Oscar-winning documentary that shows how dolphins are hunted in a Japanese village was deported to the United States on Friday after Tokyo airport officials barred his entry and he was held in detention for more than two weeks.
Dolphin activist Ric O'Barry detained in Japan
AFP, Published on 20/01/2016
» TOKYO - US animal rights activist Ric O'Barry who featured in "The Cove", a documentary about dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town, has been detained in Tokyo by immigration authorities after being denied entry to the country, his supporters said Wednesday.
Omar Sharif dies at 83
Published on 10/07/2015
» LONDON — Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif, who rose to worldwide fame as the star of Doctor Zhivago, died on Friday in Cairo aged 83, his London-based agent said.
Knighthood for Van Morrison
Published on 13/06/2015
» LONDON — Singer-songwriter Van Morrison has received a knighthood and Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne was made an OBE in Queen Elizabeth II's annual birthday honours.
Tension grows over charter
News, Published on 30/05/2015
» A new constitution is seen as key to the country’s transition to national unity following years of political divisiveness. But if one is to rate the degree of controversy the draft charter is generating by the number of its critics, the document may be one of the most contentious in history.